Ten years later, in 1986, when the self-professed evil genius, Gen Ibrahim Babangida, set up a Political Bureau to review the country's political and democratic system, one of its recommendations was the creation of an additional state (Akwa Ibom State) in 'South' to create a geo-political balance of ten states each between the 'North' and 'South' .
Afọ iri ka nke ahụ gasịrị,na 1986, mgbe onye kwupụtara onwe ya ka ọkachamara maka ajọ ihe, Gen. Ibrahim Babangida, guzobere ụlọ ọrụ ndọrọ ndọrọ ọchịchị iji nyochaa ndọrọ ndọrọ ọchịchị na ọchịchị onye kwuo uche nke obodo, otu n'ime ndụmọdụ ya bụ ịmepụta steeti ọzọ (Akwa Ibom) na mpaghara ọdịda anyanwụ iji mepụta ndozi ndọrọ ndọrọ ọchịchị nke steeti iri ọbụla n'etiti mpaghara Ugwu na ndida .